Chapter 40: More than just a legend
Although Hadron's words are mostly speculative, I think they are quite reliable. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The big shopkeeper of an antique shop, especially the famous antique shop in Beijing, has so many things to come into contact with in a day, even if he has a high status and some things that he does not need to take over personally, but it must be more than we ordinary people have seen.
I think this ebony talisman is in average condition, and if it wasn't made of ebony, then I wouldn't feel a pity to throw it away.
Will such a thing make a big shopkeeper put down his body and come and ask for it in person?
The only explanation is that Sheng Shixiong is not interested in the ebony talisman itself, but the meaning behind it.
It's too obvious.
Sheng Shixiong's words are undoubtedly acknowledging Qiangzi's previous words, and at this time, the two of us are more interested in his purpose.
"It's convenient to say no?" Hadron looked at him expectantly.
"Inconvenient!"
Sheng Shixiong snorted coldly, "It's someone's business whether or not to sell, but it's my business whether to say it or not!" If they won't sell it to me, why should I say it? ”
Tsk, the old man is really not easy to fool.
Qiangzi coughed lightly, lowered his voice and said: "Then let's make an agreement, I will persuade Dashan to 'lend' things to you, and you tell us the secret, how about it?" ”
Borrow this word and bite hard.
I instantly understood Hadron's intentions, he wanted to talk!
I followed his words and said, "Elder Sheng, don't be busy refusing first, listen to my analysis first. ”
"First of all, you have this secret, but you are stubborn about this ebony amulet, which shows that in the process of solving the mystery, this amulet is still the most important, if not the most important, it is still a considerable proportion. So now let's assume that if we don't give it to you, then you have nothing, and we have one more piece of meaningless broken amulet, at most a hundred thousand. And if you are willing to let us take a stake in this talisman, it will be a win-win situation, you can get what you want, and we can also get the light, the reason why we say it is borrowed, mainly because we don't know how much your so-called secret is worth, but based on your behavior, it will definitely not be less than a million. ”
I analyzed them one by one, and Sheng Shixiong gradually fell silent, and it is estimated that he was also constantly thinking about how to make a good deal.
In the end, he nodded in agreement.
"But, first of all, I want to say that I have never told anyone about this secret, it is one thing to keep it secret, but more importantly, I think there are not many people who will believe it!" Sheng Shixiong said in a deep voice: "If you choose not to believe after listening, I hope you can keep your promise and don't regret it!" Otherwise, although I can't say that I am powerful, I will not swallow my anger! ”
"Hehe, Sheng Lao is a respected old man, I believe you won't casually tell us a story to deceive us, right?"
Instead of answering, Hadron smiled and asked.
"That's naturally not, Sheng has always been a tooth as gold! If it comes out of my mouth, it is naturally a truth! ”
Yes! Since you're so confident, that's good.
After a brief three-chapter agreement, we'll wait to see what the mountain has to say.
Looking up, the two of them were almost decided.
Huo Zunmeng's strength is very good, but as Dashan said before, he is still a step ahead!
After understanding Huo Zunmeng's boxing path, Dashan managed to press him to fight, and even sometimes, Huo Zunmeng was interrupted by Dashan before he could punch, and then forced to retreat.
From the center of the courtyard, Huo Zunmeng was forced to the wall.
Collapse!
The mountain was directly imprinted on the wall next to Huo Zunmeng's head, leaving a rough palm print on the cement wall!
This palm also announced Huo Zunmeng's defeat, if Dashan didn't keep his hand, but directly hit him in the head, then it is estimated that we will have to go to the hospital or go to the police station to explain.
"Admire! Brother Dashan is very capable, and he is ashamed of himself! Please! ”
After being defeated, Huo Zunmeng had no resentment, but laughed, and then arched his hand towards the mountain very seriously and seriously.
Dashan also returned the salute and said, "Accept!" Brother Huo is too modest, and your fist is really an eye-opener for me. ”
The straightforwardness of the martial artist and the pride of the man rippled between the two, and I felt as if they were about to burn yellow paper and cut off the head of the chicken.
Qiangzi interrupted their conversation, pulled Dashan over and said, "Dashan, if you want to bow to me, stop me, let's come and talk first!" ”
"What's the matter?"
I told Sheng Shixiong about the agreement, and then asked what Dashan meant.
Dashan frowned, saying that this kind of thing doesn't seem to be good, things belong to other people, and it's not good for us to make decisions like this.
Sheng Shixiong hurriedly interjected and said that he would never occupy it if he just borrowed research, and if we didn't believe it, we could sign a contract, and he had nothing to say.
"Shouldn't you inform the two siblings?"
Seeing that Dashan was a little loose, Qiangzi hurriedly said that he was going to negotiate with Huo Zunmeng.
After a while, we saw Qiangzi coming over with Huo Zunmeng.
"Brother Dashan, everything has been given to you, you can make your own decisions, you don't need to worry about our opinions! But if you can, I'd like you to tell us what the secret of this amulet is. ”
Seeing Sheng Shixiong's face change, as if he had some opinions, Huo Zun hurriedly added: "Don't get me wrong, I'm just curious to know, if there is anything inconvenient, then forget it." ”
"It's okay! If you want to ask, just ask, and if he won't say, forget it! ”
Dashan does seem to be very close to Huo Zunmeng, and even his position directly supports him. "Or do you want to wait for Sister Xiaonan to come back and listen to it?"
"Then let's wait for my sister to come back, she has a better brain." Huo Zun smiled fiercely.
Under Huo Zunmeng's beckoning, we walked into his house.
The room here is not big, but it is very clean, their brother and sister are indeed diligent people, I heard Huo Zunmeng say that his sister just went out to look for a job in the morning, he worked on the construction site, and only went to work in the afternoon.
We waited while drinking tea, until it was almost noon, when Huo Nan returned.
When she saw us, she was stunned for a moment, then smiled and waved her hand at us, which was kind of a greeting.
Dashan also made a few gestures with her, signaling that he had something to talk to her, and then took Huo Zunmeng to the side to explain.
After a while, they came back, and Dashan said that the Huo family brothers and sisters all agreed, and now Sheng Shixiong can speak.
Sheng Shixiong pondered for a while and asked, "Are you from Gui Province?" ”
Huo Zun nodded violently and said, "Ningcheng, the capital of Gui Province." ”
"Since it's Ningcheng, do you know the legend of Ningcheng's Five Elephant Peaks?" Sheng Shixiong asked, "Have you heard of it specifically?" ”
"When I was a child, I seemed to have heard the old man say it, but I forgot it."
Huo Zun touched his head and smiled, while Huo Nan pointed at the side and made several gestures, but we didn't know what she said.
According to historical records, Ningcheng is known as Xiangcheng, just because Ningcheng has a five-elephant peak.
"The five peaks lean on each other, such as the five elephants drinking the river, so it is called the five elephant peaks!" This is the description of Wuxiang Peak in the "Ningcheng Mansion Chronicle".
Elephants have been found in Gui Province since ancient times, and there are elephant bones in archaeological excavations. Zhou Qufei's "Peak Wai Dai Answer" recorded that Gui Province produced elephants, and in some places there were special elephant guards.
Wuxiang Peak is in the south direction of the city, along the Yong River downstream for three or four miles.
According to the record of "Ningcheng Mansion Chronicle": the five connected soil slopes on the south bank of the Yangtze River, "the mountain is majestic, arching to the city corridor, which is the barrier of Yong, and the five peaks lean on each other, such as five elephants drinking the river." ”
The five elephants have squatting, crawling, and wanting to run forward, and the image is vivid. According to historical records, Yongzhou in ancient times had its own famous tourist scenery as early as the Song Dynasty - eight views of ancient Yongzhou, namely "Wangxian Huaigu, Xiangfeng Yanlan, Luofeng Xiaoxia, Qingshan Songtao, Ma Hui Yuanwang, Hongren Evening Bell, Yongjiang Spring Fan, Huazhou Night Moon" eight landscapes, and the landscape "Xiangfeng Yanlan" located in Wuxiang Peak is located in the second place of the ancient eight scenes, which shows the popularity at that time.
The so-called legend of Ningcheng Wuxiang Peak is actually similar to a mythological story.
Ningcheng was not built before the Warring States period, but was only a small basin, and was often washed away by the tides of the South China Sea. After Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, he planned to deal with the floods in the south, but he had no way to do it. One night, Qin Shi Huang suddenly saw an old man with a red face and white hair, and a fairy wind floated up, poured out a centipede from the gourd hanging on his body and turned it into a bamboo whip, the old man handed the bamboo whip to Qin Shi Huang, and told him to use this whip to drive the five treasure elephants of Nanfeng to the South China Sea, so that he could block the tide and keep one side safe. The old man was gone. Qin Shi Huang picked up the bamboo whip, suddenly his feet were windy, and he flew to the south peak at once. Sure enough, there were five elephants there. Qin Shi Huang waved his whip a few times, and the five elephants followed one by one towards the south. At the fifth watch, they just crossed the Yongjiang River, and suddenly there was a rooster crowing sound, and the bamboo whip in the hand of Qin Shi Huang was originally a centipede, and when he heard the rooster crow, he thought that the rooster was going to bite it, and immediately crawled away in its original form. When the elephants saw that they had no whips, they stood still, and one of them looked back. Since then, the people of Ningcheng have more five big earth mountains that have become five elephants, and people have named them Wuxiang Peak.
Wuxiang Peak has kept the treasure of Ningcheng, the tide can no longer rush in, and the Ningcheng Basin has had a bumper harvest every year, and the people of Li have been able to live and work in peace and contentment!
Very common local myths, thousands of years of Chinese history, there are too many legends of gods and goddesses, and you can have similar legends almost anywhere you want. But Sheng Shixiong's next sentence stunned several of us at the same time.
"What if...... I'm telling you, it's not just a myth, will you believe it? ”